Scraper.



"1. w. MORRISON.

SCRAPER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 5. HHS.

1,198,257; Patented Sept. 12, 1916.

WI T/VESSES //V VE/V TOR By W ATTORNEYS JOE WOOD MORRISON, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

SCRAPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 5, 1916. Serial No. 76,425.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Jon Wooo Morrison, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Scraper, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to brushing and scrubbing and has particular reference to such devices as are intended to be used in the cleansing of pots, pans or similar utensils.

Among the objects of the invention is to provide a simple and convenient appliance, for the purpose indicated, of relatively cheap but strong, substantial nature, one that adapts itself readily to the irregularities that may exist in the surface to be scraped or cleansed, one that is of a durable nature, and one of such a construction with reference to the handle portion that thematerial scraped will not be likely to come into contact with the operators hand.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed, and while the invention is not restricted to the exact details of construction disclosed herein, still for the purpose of illustrating a practical embodi ment thereof reference is had to the accompanying drawings,,in which like reference characters designate the same parts in the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a side elevation, one end being in vertical section, showing a preferred embodiment of my invention; Fig. 2 is an end elevation; Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 33 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 4: is a perspective view of the bottom or active portion of the scraper.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, 1 show a construction including a body or holder 10 made preferably of a block of wood or other suitable rigid material. To the upper side is secured a handle 11 of any suitable form and by any suitable means. The form of handle shown, however, adapts the device well for its purpose and insures that the hand of the operator will be kept well out of the way of the active scraping portion of the appliance.

The block constituting the body of the holder is preferably of substantially reetangular form on its bottom and is provided with a plurality of longitudinal parallel grooves 12. The ends of the grooves extend fully to the ends of the body 10. and there merge into upwardly directed grooves 13 which extend upwardly along the ends of the block parallel to one another or in parallel vertical planes corresponding to the longitudinal grooves 12. At each end of the block is formed a horizontal groove 14 which, like the grooves 13, is comparatively shallow. This groove 14: at each end may be regarded as the terminus of the grooves 13 which merge into the same. i

The cleansing or scraping element may partake of various forms or constructions, but the form preferred by me comprises a single wire element of any suitable form in cross section. This element is shown as a whole at 15, and the manner of bending it for fitting it to the body of the scraper Patented Sept. 12, 1916.

may be described in detail as follows: Be-.

ginning at one end 16 the one of the upwardly directed end grooves 13, and at a point spaced below the lower surface of the body the wire is then bent sharply into a horizontal plane parallel to the bottom of the body forming a scraping element or long tooth 17. The wire is thence bent upwardly forming a loop 18 fitted into the groove 12. This manner of forming the teeth and loops may be repeated any desired number of times depending upon the length of the body of the scraper or other conditions and at the end of the same groove the wire is bent upwardly with a rounded turn 19, the metal of the wire extending along the groove 13 at the opposite end of the same groove 12 from the starting point and there is formed a loop 20 which, in effect, interlocks in a pair of the grooves 13 and the cross groove 14 connected therewith. In other words, the loop wire is fitted in 20 hooks around that portion 21 of the end I of the body bounded by the pair of adjacent grooves 13 and that portion of the transverse groove connecting the same. The wire is thence bent back parallel to the first series of scraping elements 17 throughout the entire series of grooves, the other endof the wire having the same relation to the opposite end of the body as the first end of the wire has to the starting point. But for the fact that the points of the scraper at one end are bent on an acute angle and those on the other end on a rounded angle the structure at both ends is practically the same, and a description of either will be applicable to the other.

The loops 18 being wedged or forced otherwise into the slots 12 and the loopsv 20 being engaged over the end portions 21 of the body in the manner above set forth, the scraping device or series of tooth-like projections 17 is held in a secure manner along the body of the scraper. To make the connection more secure, however, I preferably employ a binding plate 22 at each end of the body, the same being connected detachably to the body by means of screws 23 or their equivalent. These plates 22 are clamped over the looped portions of the wires close to the ends of the loops. The lower corners or ends of the body 10 are also preferably formed in acute angles as viewed in side elevation, which, together with the manner of forming the turns or corners of the scraping device, provides free access to the edges or corners of practically any utensil, such as pots, pans or the like, to be cleaned. Either the sharp corners or the rounded corners of the scraping device may be projected into an irregular surface, according to the nature of each particular case. It will, be noted also that the projections 17 of the scraping device are preferably of different lengths, and that as viewed in side elevation they are arranged to break joints, or, in other words, so that there will be no gaps when the device is moved laterally.

I claim 1. In a scraper of the nature set forth, the combination of a holder having a plurality of parallel longitudinal grooves formed in its lower face, a one piece wire bent to form a plurality of scraping projcctions fitted in said grooves, and means securing the ends of the wire to the ends of the holder.

2. In a scraper, the combination of a rigid body having a series of grooves in its lower surface, wire scraping elements having loops projecting into said grooves and having the end portions thereof extending upwardly along the ends of the holder, and means to lock said upwardly projecting ends firmly to the ends of the holder.

3. A scraping device comprising a holder having a groove extending along its lower surface, and a wire scraper bent to form upwardly projecting loops fitted into said groove and having end portions bent to extend along the ends of the holder.

4. In a scraper, the combination of a rigid holder having a plurality of grooves formed in its bottom, Wire scraping means having upwardly projecting loops extend-- rigid holder, wire scraping means having projections extending upwardly into the bottom of the holder and having end portions forming loops interlocking with the ends of the holder.

7. The combination with a rigid holder having a substantially rectangular fiat bottom, of a wire scraping device bent to form a plurality of scraping portions lying in a plane parallel to but spaced below the bottom of the holder, portions of the wire between adjacent scraping portions being pro jected upwardly for engagement with the bottom of the holder, and said wire scraping device also including upwardly bent end portions having loops locking over certain portions of the ends of the holder.

8. The combination with a holder having a flat bottom and ends having grooves arranged in parallel planes, said ends also having transverse grooves with which the other end grooves communicate, of a wire scraping device having a plurality of projecting portions constituting scraping elements proper, said scraping projections being staggered and breaking joints as described and also having end portions bent upwardly forming loops lying in the up right and transverse grooves.

JOE WOOD MORRISON.

Witnesses:

F. H. ALLIsON, J. EARL HENRY.

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